HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA | CANADA B3H 4R2 | +1 (902) 494-3557
John Mark Hanson
Aquatic Resources Division,
Gulf Fisheries Centre,
Phone: (506) 851-2047
Fax: (506) 851-2387
Email: mark.hanson@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Education Background
- BSc - University of Ottawa
- MSc - University of Ottawa
- PhD - McGill University
Awards and Honours
- Honorary Research Associate, University of New Brunswick (2000)
- Certified Senior Ecologist, Ecological Society of America (2001)
- Cerfified Fisheries Professional, American Fisheries Society (1990)
- Board of Governors of (Coastal and) Estuarine Research Federation (2004-2007)
- Executive of Atlantic Canada Coastal and Estuarine Science Society (President 2004-2007)
Research Interests
My main research area is population and community ecology of estuarine and marine waters. My current research program is mainly located in the southern Gulf of Saint Lawrence and includes: quantifying predator-prey interactions in coastal and estuarine ecosystems; documenting the colonization, spread, and ecosystem effects of alien and native invasive species; developing ecosystem-level models of the structure of, and exchange between, coastal waters of Northumberland Strait and adjacent estuaries; and evaluating potential endemism in the fish and large decapod communities.
Davis A, Hanson JM,
Locke A, Hanson JM, Richardson SM, Aubé CI & Klassen GJ - 2003 - The damming of the
Richardson SM, Hanson JM & Locke A - 2002 - Effect of duration of drawdown on the benthic invertebrate and macrophyte community of a coastal headpond - Aquatic Ecology 36:493-510.
Hanson JM & Chouinard GA - 2002 - Diet of cod in the southern
Sinclair AF, Swain DP & Hanson JM - 2002 - Disentangling the effects of size-selective mortality, density, and temperature on length-at-age - Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 59: 372-382
Sinclair AF, Swain DP & Hanson JM - 2002 - Measuring changes in the direction and magnitude of size-selective mortality in a commercial fish population - Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 59: 361-371
Hanson JM & Locke A - 2001 - Survey of freshwater mussels in the
Comeau LA, Campana SE, Chouinard GA & Hanson JM - 2001 - Timing of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) seasonal migrations in relation to serum levels of gonadal and thyroidal hormones - Marine Ecology Progress Series 221: 245-253
Zahner-Meike E & Hanson JM - 2001 - Effects of muskrat predation on Najads - In G. Bauer and K Wachtler [eds] Ecology and evolutionary biology of the freshwater mussels Unionoida - Ecological Studies Volume 145: 163-184. Springer Verlag,
Comeau LA, Campana SE, Hanson JM & Chouinard GA - 2000 - Seasonal changes of thyroid hormones in field-collected Atlantic cod in relation to condition factor, water temperature and photoperiod - Journal of Fish Biology 57: 571-588
Hanson JM & Locke A - 2000 - Conservation status of the dwarf wedgemussel, Alasmidonta heterodon (Lea 1830), in
Campana SE, Chouinard G, Hanson JM, Frechet A & Brattey J - 2000 - Otolith elemental fingerprints as biological tracers of fish stocks - Fisheries Research 46: 343-357
Hanson JM & Lanteigne M - 2000 - Evaluation of Atlantic cod predation on American lobster in the southern